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help too many new potatoes!!!

I have way too many new potatoes. Not sure of the specific variety, but I might have a few. Some are red, some look more like fingerlings. My CSA has been overflowing with potatoes for that last few weeks and I haven't been cooking them. What to do now? I'd love your favorite potato recipe.

There is an old James Beard recipe called Fondant Potatoes. It was simply new potatoes that had been peeled around the middle and then slowly cooked in unsalted butter in a heavy covered pot. Le Creuset is perfect for this. Cook them long and slow. They get beautifully crusty on the outside and creamy on the inside. Don't try to move them if they sitck to the pot bottom, they will let go when it is time to turn them.

The fresh chorizo spicy pork fat is put to good use in this recipe...you cook the onions and garlic and potato in it. Drain some of the fat out if it's looking too greasy for you -- just reserve it so you can add it back as needed.

O the gorgeous Berkeley Bowl...I miss that place! But I'd rather keep the pig in the chorizo.

Although I had waaay too many spuds from my Full Belly box, I stopped getting them a few weeks ago. But, we had dinner at a friend's house recently and she served potato enchiladas. They were fantastic. She just made mashed potatoes and mixed in some green chilis (dunno if they were those mild canned ones or the chilis en escabeche)and a little cheese. She rolled them in softened corn tortillas and served them with a salsa on the side and a big green salad. They were gone in about 2 minutes.